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Macrocystidia cucumis - fungi species list A Z Macrocystidia cucumis
Pileus
Cap 2.0-5.0 cm broad, broadly conic to convex, in age sometimes plano-convex with a low umbo; margin when young, incurved, irregular in outline, especially when clustered, decurved at maturity; surface at first sparsely pubescent, soon smooth, translucent-striate, hygrophanous, dark brown to chestnut-brown with an underlying orange tinge, shading to a yellowish-buff margin, in age dingy-buff overall; flesh thin, watery-brown; odor, of cucumber; taste mild or faintly of cucumber.
Macrolepiota rachodes: Chlorophyllum brunneum - fungi species list A Z Macrolepiota rachodes: Chlorophyllum brunneum
Pileus
Cap 7-20 cm broad, subglobose to pulvinate, becoming convex to nearly plane in age; surface dry, brown, smooth, breaking up into coarse, brown, concentrically arranged scales except for the disc where the cuticle remains intact; margin inrolled at first, frequently appendiculate; flesh thick, white, discoloring yellow-orange, darkening to reddish-brown.
Macrotyphula juncea - fungi species list A Z Macrotyphula juncea
Sporocarp
Fruiting body a slender, erect, strand, 3-8 cm tall, 0.5-1.5 mm thick, subpliant, stuffed at maturity, straight to curved, the tip obtuse; upper half to two-thirds, fertile, not well differentiated from the sterile base; surface of fertile region more or less glabrous, cream-buff to pale ochraceous-brown, the sterile portion slightly darker, sparsely villose, the base usually swollen and conspicuously pubescent; context thin, colored like the surface; odor and taste mild.
Man on Horseback: Tricholoma flavovirens - fungi species list A Z Man on Horseback: Tricholoma flavovirens
Pileus
Cap 5-13 cm broad, convex, becoming nearly plane in age with upturned margin; yellow, often shading to a slightly scaly brownish disc; surface smooth, viscid in moist weather; flesh white, thick; odor, farinaceous.
Matsutake: Tricholoma magnivelare - fungi species list A Z Matsutake: Tricholoma magnivelare
Pileus
Cap 5-25 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, margin inrolled at first, upturned in age; surface dry to subviscid when moist, white when young, developing yellow to orange or brownish stains in age; flesh thick, white; odor distinctly fragrant.
Marasmiellus candidus - fungi species list A Z Marasmiellus candidus
Pileus
Cap 0.6-4 cm broad, convex when young, expanding to plane or plane with a depressed center in age; surface dry, glabrous to slightly pruinose; color white, becoming buff to orange-white, often staining pinkish in age; flesh very thin, soft; odor and taste mild.
Marasmius androsaceus - fungi species list A Z Marasmius androsaceus
Pileus
Cap 3-8 (10) mm broad, convex, becoming plano-convex, the disc slightly depressed to umbilicate; margin incurved in youth, then decurved, crenate; surface dry, dull, more or less glabrous, at first dark-brown, to dark reddish-brown, remaining so at the disc, fading to medium-brown or buff-brown at the margin, the latter sparsely covered with a buff-colored pubescence in youth; context thin, < 1 mm thick, cream-colored; odor and taste mild; fruiting bodies capable of reviving after drying.
Marasmius armeniacus - fungi species list A Z Marasmius armeniacus
Pileus
Cap 4-12 mm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane, the disc occasionally slightly raised; margin at first incurved, then decurved to nearly plane; surface conspicuously wrinkled, sometimes striate-rugulose at the margin, minutely hair; color: orange to orange-brown, slightly darker at the disc, in age fading to dull apricot-orange; flesh thin, virtually undetectable with the unaided eye; odor and taste mild.
Marasmius calhouniae - fungi species list A Z Marasmius calhouniae
Pileus
Cap 1-3 cm broad, convex, becoming nearly plane in age, the disc sometimes slightly depressed with an uplifted margin; surface translucent-striate when moist, faintly radially furrowed, otherwise smooth, pale grey to buff-grey, fading to ashy-white; flesh extremely thin, colored like the cap, unchanging; odor, mild, taste, mild to faintly raphanoid.
Marasmius copelandii - fungi species list A Z Marasmius copelandii
Pileus
Cap 0.5-2.0 cm broad, convex, expanding to nearly plane at maturity, sometimes slightly umbonate; margin decurved, striate-wrinkled up to two-thirds the distance to the disc; surface more or less glabrous, brown, shading to pale-tan at the margin, in age more uniformly brown, occasionally fading to nearly white; context less than 1 mm thick, colored like the cap; odor of garlic, taste: pungent.
Marasmius curreyi - fungi species list A Z Marasmius curreyi
Pileus
Cap 4.0-8.0 mm broad, convex, becoming plano-convex to plane in age, sulcate-striate, the disc depressed to umbilicate; margin at first incurved, then decurved, eventually level to raised, occasionally wavy; surface finely tomentose with a hand-lens, rust-brown, fading to orange, pinkish-tan or pale-tan, darkest at the disc and ribs; context membranous, cream-colored; odor and taste mild; fruiting body reviving after drying.
Marasmius oreades - fungi species list A Z Marasmius oreades
Pileus
Cap 1.5-4.0 cm broad, rounded, becoming campanulate (bell- shaped), finally convex to nearly plane, typically with a broad umbo; margin striate when moist, sometimes upturned in age; surface dry, smooth, light cinnamon-brown to buff-brown when young, fading in age to pale-buff or cream; flesh thick, reviving after being dried; odor and taste mild.
Marasmius plicatulus - fungi species list A Z Marasmius plicatulus
Pileus
Cap 1-4.0 cm broad, convex to campanulate, nearly plane in age; surface dry, velvety, mahogany-brown, rusty-brown or yellowish-brown, darkest at disc, striate to furrowed in age; flesh thin, pallid.
Marasmius quercophilus - fungi species list A Z Marasmius quercophilus
Pileus
Cap 2-5 mm broad, convex, broadly so to plane in age, occasionally with the disc depressed; margin decurved, sometimes becoming plane, often sulcate; surface minutely pruinose (use hand lens), striate wrinkled to two-thirds the distance from the margin to the disc; color light-brown at the disc, pallid to cream-buff at the margin; context very thin, pallid; odor mild, taste: untried.
Meadow Mushroom: Agaricus campestris - fungi species list A Z Meadow Mushroom: Agaricus campestris
Pileus
Cap 5-10 cm broad, convex, broadly convex in age, often with a low umbo; margin incurved, decurved to occasionally upturned in senescent specimens; surface dry, smooth, fibrillose to finely scaled in dry weather; color: white to ashy-grey; context white, thick, unchanging when bruised or in KOH; odor and taste mild.
Megacollybia fallax - fungi species list A Z Megacollybia fallax
Pileus
Cap 6.0-9.0 (11.0) cm broad, convex, becoming plano-convex to plano-depressed; margin incurved, then decurved, wavy, rimose in dry weather; surface dry, grey-brown, appearing streaked from appressed fibrils over a pallid ground color, the disc sometimes darker and tomentose; context firm, white, unchanging, thin at the margin, up to 1.0 cm thick at the disc; odor and taste mild.
Melanoleuca angelesiana - fungi species list A Z Melanoleuca angelesiana
Pileus
Cap 3.0-9.0 cm broad, convex, in age plane to plano-depressed, sometimes with a low umbo; margin at first incurved, then decurved, occasionally wavy; surface moist, glabrous, grey-brown, streaked with darker fibrils; at maturity the cap fading to greyish-tan; context pale-grey, firm, up to 1.0 cm thick, unchanging, watery-grey just above the lamellae; odor and taste mild.
Melanoleuca evenosa - fungi species list A Z Melanoleuca evenosa
California Fungi—Melanoleuca evenosa
Melanoleuca lewisii  - fungi species list A Z Melanoleuca lewisii
California Fungi—Melanoleuca lewisii
Melanophyllum haematospermum - fungi species list A Z Melanophyllum haematospermum
Pileus
Cap 1-3 cm broad, obtuse-conic, expanding to convex, sometimes with a low umbo; margin at first incurved, later decurved to level, hung with greyish-brown veil fragments; cap surface dingy-brown, granulose to powdered, darkest at the disc over a pallid ground color; context thin, ~2 mm at the disc, white, slowly pinkish when exposed; odor and taste sharp, somewhat astringent.
Microglossum viride - fungi species list A Z Microglossum viride
Sporocarp
Fruiting body 1-4 cm tall, slender, upper third occupied by a fertile "head," the latter club-shaped typically compressed, smooth, sometime grooved, up to 5 mm broad, turquoise-green when fresh fading to dull green; stipe 1-1.5 mm thick, surface granular, colored like the "head" but lighter.
Micromphale arbuticola - fungi species list A Z Micromphale arbuticola
California Fungi—Micromphale arbuticola
Micromphale sequoiae - fungi species list A Z Micromphale sequoiae
California Fungi—Micromphale sequoiae
Mitrula elegans - fungi species list A Z Mitrula elegans
Sporocarp
Fertile head up to 1.0 cm long, and 0.5 cm broad, variable in shape: cylindrical to oblong-elliptical, subglobose to obovate; surface glistening when moist, faintly wrinkled to furrowed, golden-yellow, the margin fused to the stipe, the latter comprising the one-half to two-thirds of the fruiting body; stipe often with a basal bend, 0.5-1.3 cm long, 1.0-1.5 mm thick, more or less equal, hollow at maturity, glabrous except pubescent at the base; color whitish, translucent, sometimes tinged pale-pink.
Mniopetalum bryophila: Rimbachia bryophila - fungi species list A Z Mniopetalum bryophila: Rimbachia bryophila
Pileus
Cap 5.0-10.0 mm long by 5.0-7.0 mm wide, pendulous cupulate, then pleurotoid to broadly fan-shaped; margin incurved, decurved in age, sometimes wavy; surface whitish, sparsely pubescent near the base, elsewhere glabrous or matted-fibrillose when dry; context very thin, less than 1 mm, watery-white; odor and taste mild.
Morchella deliciosa - fungi species list A Z Morchella deliciosa
Pileus
Cap 2.0-7.0 cm tall, 2.0-3.5 cm broad, conic to cylindrical-conic; surface of longitudinal sterile ridges, anastomosing cross ribs and pits, the latter typically several times longer than wide, lined with fertile tissue; color overall when young, pallid, dingy-cream, pale grey to greyish-brown becoming yellowish-brown in age, the ridges usually lighter than the pits, but sometimes dark-brown in senescent specimens; cap hollow, the margin fused to the stipe; context thin, firm, colored like the cap or lighter; odor and taste not distinctive.
Morchella elata - fungi species list A Z Morchella elata
Pileus
Cap 2.0-8.0 cm tall, 2.0-6.0 cm broad, narrowly to broadly conic, occasionally more rounded, i.e. obtuse-conic to ovoid-conic; surface of parallel to meandering ridges and cross-ribs, pubescent when young in some forms; color at first greyish to ochre-brown, occasionally pinkish to blackish overall; with age the ridges dark-grey to blackish-brown, the pits lighter, i.e. ochre to grey-brown; margin when young, overlapping the stipe attachment, less so in age; context whitish, thin, firm, brittle, interior hollow; odor earthy to fungal; taste not investigated.
Morganella pyriformis - fungi species list A Z Morganella pyriformis
Sporocarp
Fruiting body up to 4.5 cm tall, 3.5 cm broad, pyriform to subglobose, usually with a well-developed, pleated sterile base and conspicuous white rhizomorphs; exoperidium when young, cream, pale-tan to ochre-brown, the surface spinulose to minutely warted, (nearly smooth to the unaided eye); with age and exposure, often medium-brown to dark-reddish-brown, the ornamentation then granulose to slightly areolate; exoperidium persistent until senescence; endoperidium membranous, glabrous, pale-tan to ochre-brown; gleba at first white, soft, yellowish to yellowish-olive, at maturity olive-brown; fruiting body dehiscing via a late-forming apical pore; subgleba white, finely-textured, unchanging; odor and taste strongly fungal.
Mucronella bresadolae - fungi species list A Z Mucronella bresadolae
Sporocarp
Fruiting body, 2.0-7.0 mm tall, approximately 1.0 mm thick simple, slender, tapered above and below, appearing spindle-shaped, round in cross section, solid, the upper portion fertile; surface glabrous, whitish, on a short inconspicuous, narrowed sterile base, the latter cream-yellow, minutely hairy when viewed with a hand lens; fruiting bodies typically clustered, hanging from a lignicolous substrate; odor indistinct; taste mild.
Mucronella flava - fungi species list A Z Mucronella flava
California Fungi—Mucronella flava
Multiclavula mucida - fungi species list A Z Multiclavula mucida
Sporocarp
Fruiting body 0.5-1.0 cm tall, 0.75-1.0 mm thick, a simple, erect, strand, only occasionally branched, straight or with a basal bend, equal to tapering to a slightly enlarged apex; upper two-thirds fertile, glabrous, oval in cross-section, cream-buff to pale peach-buff, in age or on drying tawny-brown; sterile lower portion scarcely distinct from fertile area, usually pallid to white, with occasional sparse hairs; context pliant, solid to stuffed, cream-colored, incorporating clumps of algal cells; odor and taste mild.
Mycena abramsii - fungi species list A Z Mycena abramsii
California Fungi—Mycena abramsii
Mycena acicula - fungi species list A Z Mycena acicula
Pileus
Cap 2-8 mm broad, at first hemispherical, expanding to broadly-conic, occasionally with a low umbo, convex at maturity, not hygrophanous; margin weakly sulcate, striate to near the disc, incurved in youth, then decurved, sometimes slightly raised in age; surface reddish-orange shading to yellow-orange or pale-yellow at the margin; surface inconspicuously white-pruinose early in development; context thin, approximately 0.5 mm thick, creamy-yellow to pale yellow-orange; odor and taste not distinctive.
Mycena adonis - fungi species list A Z Mycena adonis
Habitat
Scattered to gregarious on bark, leaf, and needle debris and on the twigs of both hardwoods and conifers; fall and winter in North and Central Coast Ranges and the northern Sierra Nevada.
Mycena adscendens - fungi species list A Z Mycena adscendens
Pileus
Cap 2.0-4.0 mm broad, at first hemispherical, becoming convex to flattened-convex, the disc sometimes sub-umbilicate; margin incurved in youth, decurved at maturity; surface translucent-striate/sulcate from margin to disc, the latter pale grey, elsewhere pallid, coated with white, sugar-like granules, these frequently inconspicuous with age; context thin, membranous, translucent-white, unchanging when cut; odor and taste mild.
Mycena amicta - fungi species list A Z Mycena amicta
Pileus
Cap 0.5-1.5 cm broad, obtuse-conic to campanulate at maturity, sometimes with a low umbo; margin at first incurved, then decurved to level; surface pruinose, subviscid when moist, hygrophanous, translucent-striate, the cuticle separable; color grey-brown to grey, lighter towards the margin, often tinged bluish to bluish-grey when fresh, fading in age to pale greyish-tan; context greyish, about 1 mm at the disc; odor slightly pungent, taste mild.
Mycena aurantiomarginata - fungi species list A Z Mycena aurantiomarginata
Pileus
Cap 1.0-2.0 (2.5) cm broad, obtuse-conic to bell-shaped, expanding to plano-convex, often with a low umbo, margin decurved; surface dry, translucent-striate to sulcate, sometimes with a faint whitish bloom when young; color: dark-brown to deep olive-brown at the disc, lighter towards the margin, the latter typically some shade of orange when young, fading to cream-buff at maturity, paler overall in age; context very thin, approximately 1.0 mm at the disc, whitish to watery-brown; odor not distinctive, taste mild.
Mycena californiensis - fungi species list A Z Mycena californiensis
Pileus
Cap 0.7-2.0 cm broad, conic, campanulate in age, the margin striate to slightly ridged; surface smooth, orange-brown at the disc, paler at the margin; flesh thin, reddish-brown, exuding a reddish juice when injured; odor and taste mild.
Mycena capillaripes - fungi species list A Z Mycena capillaripes
Pileus
Cap 1-2 cm broad, convex, becoming bell-shaped, slightly knobbed or umbonate at maturity; margin entire to slightly scalloped; surface smooth, translucent-striate when moist, grey-brown, sometimes tinged pale vinaceous, fading to pale grey, then slightly furrowed; flesh thin, grey, unchanging; odor of bleach; taste mild.
Mycena galericulata - fungi species list A Z Mycena galericulata
Pileus
Cap 2.0-5.0 cm broad, obtuse-conic to bell-shaped, expanding to plano-convex, sometimes plano- depressed; margin incurved, then decurved, eventually plane to raised, occasionally wavy; surface moist, striate-wrinkled to near the disc at maturity, color: buff-brown, tan-brown, pale brownish-grey, the margin lighter than the disc, darker overall with age; context white, unchanging, thin, up to 2.5 mm at the disc; odor and taste farinaceous.
Mycena galopus - fungi species list A Z Mycena galopus
California Fungi—Mycena galopus
Mycena haematopus - fungi species list A Z Mycena haematopus
Pileus
Cap 1-3.0 cm broad, hemispheric to campanulate, the margin irregularly hairy, becoming convex and conspicuously striate, occasionally faintly furrowed; surface smooth, dry, hygrophanous, dull vinaceous-brown fading to pale pinkish-brown; flesh, thin, pallid unchanging; odor and taste mild.
Mycena lilacifolia: Chromosera cyanophylla - fungi species list A Z Mycena lilacifolia: Chromosera cyanophylla
Pileus
Cap 1.0-2.5 cm broad at maturity, at first convex, becoming plano-convex, in age the disc broadly flattened, depressed or umbillicate; margin translucent-striate to near the disc, incurved in youth, then decurved, occasionally plane at maturity; surface glabrous, viscid, lavender to lilac, soon fading to yellowish or yellowish-tan; context thin, < 1 mm, pallid, unchanging; odor indistinct; taste mild.
Mycena maculata - fungi species list A Z Mycena maculata
Pileus
Pileus 1.5-4.0 cm broad, obtuse-conic to broadly conic-umbonate, becoming campanulate to convex-umbonate, in age plano-convex, a low umbo often persisting; margin incurved in youth, then decurved, entire to obscurely crenate or eroded at maturity; surface oily when moist, otherwise dry, not hygrophanous, striate to striate-sulcate approximately one-half the distance to the disc, elsewhere glabrous; color when fresh, greyish-brown fading to pale-grey or buff-brown, frequently developing sordid reddish-brown spots; context thin, approximately 1 mm at the disc, white, sometimes discoloring reddish-brown where cut or injured; odor not distinct, taste slightly of cucumbers.
Mycena nivicola - fungi species list A Z Mycena nivicola
Pileus
Cap 1.5-3.0 cm broad, obtuse-conic to convex, eventually plano-convex; margin incurved, then decurved, translucent striate, at maturity inconspicuously striate-sulcate; surface glabrous, lubricous when moist, dull yellowish-olive, olive-brown, to tan-brown; context thin, up to 2.0 mm at disc; whitish to pale yellow; odor and taste slightly farinaceous.
Mycena oregonensis - fungi species list A Z Mycena oregonensis
Pileus
Cap 2-8 mm broad, hemispheric becoming convex; margin decurved, slightly undulate; surface moist, faintly pruinose when young, soon glabrous, translucent-striate, indistinctly so when dry; bright yellow, sometimes yellow-orange at the disc, fading to pale yellow or almost white; context thin, yellowish, unchanging; odor and taste mild.
Mycena overholtsii - fungi species list A Z Mycena overholtsii
Pileus
Cap 2.0-6.0 cm in diameter, at first broadly-conic to campanulate, then convex, expanding to plano-convex, often with a low umbo; margin at first incurved, then decurved, striate; surface glabrous, lubricous when moist, brown to grey-brown, fading to pale-grey or buff, sometimes tinged yellowish when dry; context firm, whitish, unchanging, up to 5.0 mm thick at the disc; odor mild, (of yeast according to Smith); taste mild.
Mycena pura - fungi species list A Z Mycena pura
Pileus
Cap 1.5-4.5 cm broad, conic, then convex, finally nearly plane with a low umbo, margin striate, sometimes upturned in age; surface smooth, moist, hygrophanous, color varying from purple, lilac, greyish-lilac, rose, pinkish-grey to nearly white, fading in age; flesh thin, pale lilac; taste and odor mildly of radish.
Mycena purpureofusca - fungi species list A Z Mycena purpureofusca
Pileus
Cap 0.7-3.0 cm broad, conic becoming bell-shaped, often with a distinct umbo; margin faintly striate at first, conspicuously so in age, often slightly radially furrowed; surface dry, smooth, dark-purple at the disc shading to lilac-brown at the margin; flesh thin, pallid, sometimes pale-vinaceous below the cuticle, unchanging; odor and taste mild.
Mycena strobilinoides - fungi species list A Z Mycena strobilinoides
California Fungi—Mycena strobilinoides
Mycenastrum corium - fungi species list A Z Mycenastrum corium
Sporocarp
Fruiting body sub-hypogeous to emergent, 7–17 cm broad, 5–8 cm tall, compressed globose to turbinate, abruptly tapered to a pointed base, attached by a well developed tuft of mycelium to the substrate; exoperidium, white to buff, relatively thick, in age forming a thin, patchy covering; endoperidium thick (up to 2 mm) tough, leathery, blackish-brown; spores released by splitting of the endoperidium into irregularly shaped sections; gleba whitish, maturing olive-brown to dark-brown, drying medium-brown; coarse mycelial strands seen near the base of the gleba; subgleba absent; odor somewhat pungent, earthy; taste slightly astringent.

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